Highlights from the Spring 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collections
Some of my favorite designs from the Spring 2025 ready-to-wear collections.
John Vaillant: Fire Weather. A True Story From a Hotter World
In "Fire Weather. A True Story From a Hotter World" John Vaillant tells the harrowing story of the 2016 wildfire that devastated Fort McMurray, Alberta. It is a sobering read that serves as both a compelling disaster story and an urgent warning about our climate future.
Further Reading
Scientists need more time to think. Gravitational waves. Tiling patterns. Prime numbers. Protein ribbon diagrams. Western diets and chronic diseases. Brancusi. Annie Ernaux. Jan van Eyck. Riccardo Tisci. And more.
Richard McGuire. Then and There. Here and Now
"Richard McGuire: Then and There. Here and Now" at the Cartoonmuseum Basel is a wonderful career retrospective of the illustrator and designer best known for his cult graphic novel "Here".
When We See Us at the Kunstmuseum Basel
"When We See Us", currently on view at the Kunstmuseum Basel, is a fascinating exhibition, which presents a panoramic survey of a century of Black figurative painting.
Rugghubelhütte
The hike from Ristis to the Rugghubelhütte is one of the best and most rewarding hikes in Engelberg.
Surenenpass
The hike from Engelberg via Surenenpass to Attinghausen is considered one of the most impressive of central Switzerland. I didn't make it all the way to Attinghausen, but returned via Stäuber and Stäfeli to the valley station Fürenalp.
Further Reading
On getting the life you want. The enduring mystery of how water freezes. Primordial black holes. Why sleep deprivation disrupts memory. Patricia Lockwood on A.S. Byatt. Egypt’s new USD 1-billion mega-museum. Counting crows and more.
Paris 1874. Inventer l’Impressionisme at the Musée d’Orsay
"Paris 1874. Inventer l'Impressionisme" at the Musée d'Orsay is a magnificent exhibition, which brings together some of the works that were shown at the First Impressionist exhibition and at that year’s official Salon.
Brancusi at the Centre Pompidou
As one of the final acts before it closes for a five year refurbishment, early 2025, the Centre Pompidou has organized a large and superb retrospective of Constantin Brancusi.
Matisse: The Red Studio at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
It is an absolute joy to see Henri Matisse's "The Red Studio" in all its glory surrounded by all surviving works of art depicted in the painting.
Ellsworth Kelly at the Fondation Louis Vuitton
Hot on the heels of the Mark Rothko retrospective, the Fondation Louis Vuitton has organized an Ellsworth Kelly retrospective, which brings together more than 100 works by the American artist.